“We oppose and abhor the damnable practice of wholesale abortion and every other unholy and impure act which strikes at the very foundation of the home and family, our most basic institutions.” HomePracticeInstitutionsFoundationStrikesAbortionWholesaleHome And Family Author:Ezra Taft Benson
“Christianity is no mere scheme of doctrine or of ethical practice, but is instead a kind of miracle, a power out of nature and above, descending into it; a historically supernatural movement on the world, that is visibly entered into it, and organized to be an institution in the person of Jesus Christ.” WorldKindPersonsJesusChristChristianityPracticeMovementJesus ChristMiracleInstitutionsMereDoctrineOrganizedEthicalSchemesDescending Book:The Character of Jesus Source: The Character of Jesus
“We have been at war almost constantly since the last century. And it has not helped our institutions. Congress no longer represents the people. The courts do not practice justice any more. The armies never stop playing at being the policemen of the world and of oil.” PeopleWorldHas BeensWarLastsJusticePracticeCenturyArmyInstitutionsCourtCongressOilPolicemen Author:Gore Vidal
“What is most disturbing today is that we use rational methods to cultivate the tastes and values of the young in all kinds of educational, religious, and cultural institutions that are predicated on corporate practices and goals. Everything we do to, with, and for our children is influenced by capitalist market conditions and the hegemonic interests of ruling corporate elites. In simple terms, we calculate what is best for our children by regarding them as investments and turning them into commodities.” KindChildrenUseTodayYoungValuesGoalTermInterestReligiousSimplePracticeConditionsTasteOur ChildrenMethodInstitutionsInvestmentEducationalRationalAll KindsCorporateCapitalistElitesCommodityRulingDisturbing Author:Jack Zipes
“With each passing year, people of faith grow increasingly distressed by the hostility of public institutions toward religious expression. We have witnessed the steady erosion of the time-honored rights of religious Americans - both as individuals and as communities - to practice what they believe in the public square.” PeopleYearsBelieveChristianIndividualGrowsCommunityReligiousPracticeRightsExpressionInstitutionsPassingPassingsSquaresSteadyHonoredHostilityErosion Author:Ralph E. Reed, Jr.
“Democratic institutions are necessary and very important, and if I remained at the head of government, it could be an obstacle to democratic practice. Also, if I were to remain, then I would have to join one of the parties. If the Dalai Lama joins one party, then that makes it hard for the system to work.” IfsImportantHardGovernmentPartyPracticeInstitutionsDemocraticObstaclesLamaDalai Author:Dalai Lama
“Instead of a bottom-line based on money and power, we need a new bottom-line that defines productivity and creativity as where corporations, governments, schools, public institutions, and social practices are judged as efficient, rational and productive not only to the extent they maximize money and power, but to the extent they maximize love and caring, ethical and ecological sensitivity, and our capacities to respond with awe and wonder at the grandeur of creation.” NeedsGovernmentSchoolSocialLinesWonderCreativityPracticeCreationCapacityInstitutionsBottomCaringProductivityRationalCorporationsAweProductiveEthicalJudgedEfficientSensitivityBottom LineGrandeurEcologicalMoney And PowerAwe And WonderEmo Love Author:Michael Lerner
“After the risky mortgage-lending practices fostered by government intervention led to massive defaults and foreclosures that caused financial institutions to collapse or be bailed out, Congressman Frank changed his tune completely.” GovernmentPracticeChangedInstitutionsFinancialTunesMassiveFrankCollapseInterventionMortgageDefaultCongressmanLendingFinancial InstitutionsGovernment InterventionForeclosure Book:Dismantling America and Other Controversial Essays (Large Print 16pt) Source: Dismantling America and Other Controversial Essays (Large Print 16pt)
“Sometime in the last 50,000 years, before 12,000 years ago, a kind of paradise came into existence. A situation in which men and women, parents and children, people and animals, human institutions and the land all were in dynamic balance and not in any primitive sense at all. Language was fully developed, poetry may have been at its climax, dance, magic, poetics, altruism, philosophy. There's no reason to think that these things were not practiced as adroitly as we practice them today and it was under the boundary dissolving influence of psilocybin.” PeopleThinkingMenYearsHumansKindMayChildrenHas BeensReasonPhilosophyTodayLastsLanguageParentAnimalExistenceSituationPracticeMagicInfluenceLandBalanceMen And WomenYears AgoInstitutionsBoundariesParadiseNo ReasonPrimitiveAltruismChildren And ParentsClimaxDissolvingPsilocybin Author:Terence McKenna